Amy Dillwyn /

A biography of Amy Dillwyn (1845-1935), based largely on her diaries, novelist and extraordinary woman of exceptional spirit and personality born into one of Swansea's most distinguished families, who inherited her father's bankrupt business but learnt to make her way in a man's world...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Painting, David
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2013.
Edición:New edition.
Temas:
Dillwyn, E. A. > (Elizabeth Amy), > 1845-1935.
Dillwyn, E. A. > (Elizabeth Amy), > 1845-1935
1800-1899
Novelists, Welsh > 19th century > Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Novelists, Welsh
Biographies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Rear Cover; Contents; Foreword to the New Edition; Preface to the New Edition; Introduction; Acknowledgements; Selected Reading; Royal Prologue; Family Background; Early Years at Parkwern and Hendrefoilan; Debut into Society; Picking up the Threads; Mistress of Hendrefoilan; Charity begins at Killay; Picture Section; Society and Suitors; Moral Amazons; Amy in the Literary World; Catastrophe and Salvation; The Celebrity; Grand Old Lady; Epilogue; Index.

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